2026 has been a watershed year in software engineering. The debate over whether AI would ever replace human developers is over: New, improved – often self-improved – AI tools are landing with startling regularity, and the results speak for
Vaadin 25.2 is the second feature release in the 25.x line. It brings three main additions: you can put AI to work inside your data views, call native browser capabilities from plain Java, and turn your existing end-to-end tests into load t…
Today we are introducing Vaadin Enterprise Edition, a dedicated Vaadin product for organizations building and maintaining business-critical Java applications. Vaadin Enterprise Edition, or Vaadin EE, is the same Vaadin framework you already…
In Vaadin 25.1 the browserless-test module became part of the Apache 2 licensed open core framework. We believe it's on track to become a key part of the agentic-coding setup for Vaadin apps. In the upcoming Vaadin 25.2 we're bringing in AP…
Java Swing has been the workhorse of enterprise desktop applications for more than two decades. It powered internal tools, financial platforms, logistics systems, and ERP front-ends across industries where reliability mattered more than aes…
For enterprise teams, the "latest and greatest" does not always mean to implement "right now." While we always encourage staying on the latest and greatest version of Vaadin, we recognize that in complex ecosystems, a minor version bump is
This post is my personal reflection on eight years of building and refining Vaadin components across major versions, and the lessons learned along the way. Working on building a Java framework is quite an interesting challenge… And even mor…
Rewix transformed its legacy ecommerce backend into a modern, scalable SaaS platform with Vaadin’s full-stack Java framework—supporting 1M+ orders per client, faster feature delivery, and enterprise-grade UX without frontend complexity. Rew…
Let's set the stage with a cliché: software development is constantly evolving towards ever higher levels of abstraction. We have object-oriented and functional programming built on top of imperative programming on top of assembler on top o…
New Penta, a company committed to digital transformation in life sciences and healthcare distribution, has redefined its order handling operations through the AOM (Advanced Order Management) project. Powered by Vaadin, AOM centralizes and a…
Vaadin is the open-source Java web framework for building modern web apps.From backend to modern UIs, Vaadin helps you deliver production-ready apps faster with a unified Java stack, built-in security, and enterprise-grade UI components. Mo…
Vaadin Flow is pure Java. The easy learning curve of the framework allows even backend developers to become proficient at writing user interfaces in just a few days. Extensive documentation and an online developer certification program assi…